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Thursday, April 17, 2014

CrossFit Southie

CrossFit Southie

I was so excited to be back in Boston last weekend! It's one of my favorite cities on the east coast and I haven't been back since college. Fortunately for us, we came just in time for the beautiful weather: sunny and clear skies. To kick the weekend off, I dropped in at CrossFit Southie for a quick workout. It was much needed given all the food and number of cocktails I had.

I dropped in for the L1/L2 class with Chuck. The workout was right up my alley! This is what we did:

2 spaces that share the same parking lot (and yes, they have a free parking lot in Boston!)... as if the main space wasn't large enough. Over the years they expanded the main space by knocking down walls. They also have another space to run classes, on-ramps, team training, etc.

Tiered programming and classes done right. They also have a competitive team. Options are: Burnt Toast/Rx/L2/L1/All Levels. The purpose here is to accommodate all athletes at different levels, their fitness goals, and surround them with other athletes around the same level, whether they're advanced and competitive or those who just want to get a workout in for the day. Their blog also programs accordingly for each level. Check out their daily workout blog and their competitor's/Burnt Toast blog.

High quality classes. I dropped in for the L1/L2 class since that was the only time I could make. Chuck broke down the double under, pistol, and muscle up very well. I appreciate the level of detail he went into each movement, and the progression steps. Another coach also helped out.

Classes almost all day, including weekends! How many CrossFit gyms out there are open on Sunday's let alone have 6 classes? Check out their schedule!

Open gym. Their location is so large that you can do you're own stuff without interfering the class. They also have dedicated open gym hours.

4 large restrooms and 6 showers, water

Parking in the city

$20 drop in fee. No shirt exchange, no shirt purchase to waive drop in fee

Some things that could use improvement:

Kilogram plates and fractional plates! Would go great with all the platforms they have, and also with the barbell club.

Some pictures of the Main location:

2. main location on the right, 2nd location in the back.

3. view from the back

4. pull up structure

5. high rings!

6. and high ropes

7. some platforms and white boards

8. jerk boxes in the back & PRs

9. beautiful artwork of their athletes

10. more space!

11. area on the other side of the pull up structure

12. another angle

13. more platforms, yokes, and wall ball targets

14. to the next area

15. whiteboard doors on the left

16. more platforms!

17. thought this was really cool

18. another view

19. extra room in the back

Really, really nice box with almost every equipment you can imagine and pretty much open all day. The pictures above are just for their main location. I didn't get a chance to check out the one across the lot. If you're in the heart of Boston, you'll notice that it's tough to drop in at boxes w/in walking distance there. CrossFit Southie is just a 10min car ride away, or a $7 Uber ride from the Back Bay area. It's a great gym to drop in to do your own programming on your schedule and the vibe, people and coaches are great. Enjoyed my visit here and hope to come back soon!